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Biography |
Crime |
Drama |
Western |
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Brad Pitt |
Mary-Louise Parker |
Brooklynn Proulx |
Dustin Bollinger |
Casey Affleck |
Sam Rockwell |
Jeremy Renner |
Sam Shepard |
Garret Dillahunt |
Paul Schneider |
Joel McNichol |
James Defelice |
J.C. Roberts |
Darrell Orydzuk |
Jonathan Erich Drachenberg |
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Andrew Dominik |
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Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
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Adventure |
Biography |
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Emile Hirsch |
Marcia Gay Harden |
William Hurt |
Jena Malone |
Brian Dierker |
Catherine Keener |
Vince Vaughn |
Kristen Stewart |
Hal Holbrook |
Bart the Bear |
Dan Burch |
Joe Dustin |
Zach Galifianakis |
John Jabaley |
Thure Lindhardt |
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Sean Penn |
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INTO THE WILD is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
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Samantha Morton |
Sam Riley |
Alexandra Maria Lara |
Joe Anderson |
Toby Kebbell |
Craig Parkinson |
James Anthony Pearson |
Harry Treadaway |
Andrew Sheridan |
Robert Shelly |
Matthew McNulty |
Ben Naylor |
Herbert Grönemeyer |
Nigel Harris |
Tim Plester |
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Anton Corbijn |
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Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.
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Drama |
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Joseph Fiennes |
Dennis Haysbert |
Diane Kruger |
Shiloh Henderson |
Patrick Lyster |
Faith Ndukwana |
Mehboob Bawa |
Adrian Galley |
Warrick Grier |
Leslie Mongezi |
Sizwe Msutu |
Matthew Roberts |
Eduan van Jaarsveldt |
Terry Pheto |
Giulia Troiano |
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Bille August |
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GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
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Drama |
History |
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Jordi Mollà |
Geoffrey Rush |
Aimee King |
Cate Blanchett |
John Shrapnel |
Susan Lynch |
Elise McCave |
Samantha Morton |
Abbie Cornish |
Penelope McGhie |
Rhys Ifans |
Eddie Redmayne |
Stuart McLoughlin |
Clive Owen |
Adrian Scarborough |
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Shekhar Kapur |
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Nearly a decade after Cate Blanchett drew the attention of audiences and critics alike with ELIZABETH, the Oscar-winning actress returns to the role of the Virgin Queen. Though the protestant ruler has been on the throne for decades in 1585, Elizabeth I's reign is still under attack from both inside her country and from the continent. Her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), carries the favour of the nation's Catholics as she schemes for the throne from prison, while Spain's King Philip II (Jordi Molla) plots an invasion with the power of his famous armada. But Elizabeth is also concerned with the arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), a charming pirate and adventurer. Unable to reconcile her feelings with her crown, she encourages Bess (Abbie Cornish), her beloved lady-in-waiting, to pursue a relationship with Raleigh.
Nine years haven't dulled Blanchett's ability to play this—or any other—character with an impressive range of fire and tenderness. Her chemistry with the infinitely watchable Owen is one of the film's highlights. As in ELIZABETH, director Shekhar Kapur doesn't restrict himself from using artfully constructed shots that aren't normally used in period dramas. It's a modern retelling of history, and Kapur and his director of photograpy, Remi Adefarasin, aren't content to let the film have the standard look of many films in the genre. Costume designer Alexandra Byrne follows the same logic, creating stunning dresses for Elizabeth that draw inspiration both from modernity and the time period. If Blanchett weren't such a gifted actress, the gorgeous costumes might threaten to overtake her as the star of the film.
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Biography |
Drama |
History |
Mystery |
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Martin Freeman |
Emily Holmes |
Michael Teigen |
Christopher Britton |
Michael Culkin |
Harry Ferrier |
Jonathan Holmes |
Toby Jones |
Kacper Kasiecki |
Adam Kotz |
Adrian Lukis |
Maciej Marczewski |
Richard McCabe |
Kevin McNulty |
Rafal Mohr |
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Peter Greenaway |
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With the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth in 2006, NIGHTWATCHING is truly a feast for the senses. Extravagant, suspenseful and sensuously beautiful, the mystery behind the extraordinary artist's infamous painting is perfectly explored by one of the most iconic Directors of our time - Peter Greenaway. The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt, turning him from a wealthy respected celebrity into a discredited pauper. At the insistence of his pregnant wife Saskia, Rembrandt has reluctantly agreed to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that will later become to be known as The Nightwatch. He soon discovers that there is a conspiracy afoot with the Amsterdam merchants playing at soldiers maneuvering for financial advantage and personal power in, that time, the richest city in the Western World. Rembrandt stumbles on a foul murder. Confident in the birth of a longed-for son and heir, Rembrandt is determined to expose the conspiring murderers and builds his accusation meticulously in the form of the commissioned painting, uncovering the seamy and hypocritical side to Dutch Society in the Golden Age. Rembrandt's great good fortune turns. Saskia dies. Rembrandt reveals the accusation of murder in the painting and the conspirators plan revenge. They set out to discredit him at home and abroad. They plant a treacherous mistress, Geertje, to seduce him. They try to blind him. They plan his social and financial ruin, and to create the circumstances for his slide into penury, insult his young mistress Hendrickje, conspire to destroy his son, and bring Rembrandt to his knees. The bold and courageous painting of the Nightwatch, exceptional in aesthetics and content, is Rembrandt's most celebrated painting, it consolidated his reputation as a master-painter but it also destroyed him socially and financially.
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Biography |
Drama |
Music |
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Cate Blanchett |
Ben Whishaw |
Christian Bale |
Richard Gere |
Marcus Carl Franklin |
Heath Ledger |
Kris Kristofferson |
Don Francks |
Roc LaFortune |
Larry Day |
Paul Cagelet |
Pierre-Alexandre Fortin |
Richie Havens |
Tyrone Benskin |
Kim Roberts |
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Todd Haynes |
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Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified.
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Drama |
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Jim Annan |
Benz Antoine |
Matt Birman |
David Brown |
Cedric the Entertainer |
Don Cheadle |
J. Miles Dale |
Davidx |
Chiwetel Ejiofor |
Mike Epps |
Kamal Jones |
Jeff Kassel |
Jim Malmberg |
Erick Peterson |
Kwame Rakes |
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Kasi Lemmons |
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The true life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo's brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey's voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey's "The truth just is" style — on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.
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Nick Ashdon |
Juan Diego Botto |
Laia Marull |
Lakis Lazopoulos |
Dimitra Matsouka |
Sotiris Moustakas |
Dina Konsta |
Giorgos Hristodoulou |
Dimitris Kalivokas |
Yorgos Charalabidis |
Theo Zouboulidis |
Lida Protopsalti |
Katerina Helmy |
Fermí Reixach |
Roger Coma |
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Yannis Smaragdis |
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El Greco is a Greek film about the life of the Greek painter Doménicos Theotokópoulos (El Greco). It was produced in 2007, directed by Yannis Smaragdis and written by Jackie Pavlenko and Dimitris Siatopoulos (book). A dramatization of the life of 16th century Greek painter, Doménicos Theotokópoulos, who, in search of freedom and love, sets off from Crete and goes to Venice and finally Toledo.
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Mathieu Amalric |
Emmanuelle Seigner |
Marie-Josée Croze |
Anne Consigny |
Patrick Chesnais |
Niels Arestrup |
Olatz López Garmendia |
Jean-Pierre Cassel |
Marina Hands |
Max von Sydow |
Isaach De Bankolé |
Emma de Caunes |
Jean-Philippe Écoffey |
Gérard Watkins |
Nicolas Le Riche |
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Julian Schnabel |
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Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
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Biography |
Drama |
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Shane West |
Bijou Phillips |
Rick Gonzalez |
Noah Segan |
Ashton Holmes |
Tina Majorino |
Lauren German |
Keir O'Donnell |
Sebastian Roché |
Azura Skye |
Katharine Leonard |
Rachael Santhon |
Thom Bishops |
Noah Abrams |
Gary Alcock |
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Rodger Grossman |
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A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
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Biography |
Drama |
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Helen Mirren |
James Cromwell |
Alex Jennings |
Roger Allam |
Sylvia Syms |
Tim McMullan |
Robin Soans |
Lola Peploe |
Douglas Reith |
Joyce Henderson |
Pat Laffan |
Amanda Hadingue |
John McGlynn |
Gray O'Brien |
Dolina MacLennan |
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Stephen Frears |
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The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
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Biography |
Drama |
Sport |
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Mark Wahlberg |
Greg Kinnear |
Elizabeth Banks |
Kevin Conway |
Michael Rispoli |
Kirk Acevedo |
Dov Davidoff |
Michael Kelly |
Sal Darigo |
Nicoye Banks |
Turron Kofi Alleyne |
Cosmo DeMatteo |
Stink Fisher |
Michael Mulheren |
Michael Nouri |
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Ericson Core |
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From the producers of "The Rookie", this inspiring sports movie will star Mark Wahlberg as a Philadelphia Eagles fan who has just lost his wife and his teaching job. He decides one day to show up for an open tryout for his favorite NFL team, only to see his wildest dreams come true.
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Sigourney Weaver |
Toby Jones |
Gwyneth Paltrow |
Mark Rubin |
Steve Schwelling |
Glover Johns Gill |
Rey Arteaga |
Justin Sherburn |
Andrew Halbreich |
Juliet Stevenson |
Michael Panes |
Hope Davis |
Frank G. Curcio |
Sandra Bullock |
Isabella Rossellini |
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Douglas McGrath |
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?
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Comedy |
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Will Smith |
Jaden Smith |
Thandie Newton |
Brian Howe |
James Karen |
Dan Castellaneta |
Kurt Fuller |
Takayo Fischer |
Kevin West |
George Cheung |
David Michael Silverman |
Domenic Bove |
Geoff Callan |
Joyful Raven |
Scott Klace |
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Gabriele Muccino |
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Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn't seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.
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Ioan Gruffudd |
Romola Garai |
Benedict Cumberbatch |
Albert Finney |
Michael Gambon |
Rufus Sewell |
Youssou N'Dour |
Ciarán Hinds |
Toby Jones |
Nicholas Farrell |
Sylvestra Le Touzel |
Jeremy Swift |
Stephen Campbell Moore |
Bill Paterson |
Nicholas Day |
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Michael Apted |
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The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament in 19th century England, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
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Sienna Miller |
Guy Pearce |
Hayden Christensen |
Jimmy Fallon |
Jack Huston |
Armin Amiri |
Tara Summers |
Mena Suvari |
Shawn Hatosy |
Beth Grant |
James Naughton |
Edward Herrmann |
Illeana Douglas |
Mary Elizabeth Winstead |
Don Novello |
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George Hickenlooper |
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A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on reality...
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Miss Potter
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UK, USA] from $1.99
The life of Beatrix Potter is the most enchanting tale of all.
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Renée Zellweger |
Ewan McGregor |
Emily Watson |
Barbara Flynn |
Bill Paterson |
Matyelok Gibbs |
Lloyd Owen |
Anton Lesser |
David Bamber |
Patricia Kerrigan |
Judith Barker |
Chris Middleton |
Lucy Boynton |
Oliver Jenkins |
Richard Mulholland |
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Chris Noonan |
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Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents' way of life and London.
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Action |
Biography |
Crime |
Drama |
Thriller |
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Keira Knightley |
Mickey Rourke |
Edgar Ramirez |
Riz Abbasi |
Delroy Lindo |
Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson |
Ian Ziering |
Brian Austin Green |
Joe Nunez |
Macy Gray |
Shondrella Avery |
Dabney Coleman |
Peter Jacobson |
Kel O'Neill |
Lucy Liu |
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Tony Scott |
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The daughter of an actor with a high-society woman, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Mosley and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Mosley and his crew are in action participating of a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation becomes out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while FBI is monitoring the two gangs of mobsters.
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Biography |
Drama |
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Jonathan Rhys-Meyers |
Randy Quaid |
Rose McGowan |
Tim Guinee |
Antonia Bernath |
Jack Noseworthy |
Robert Patrick |
Camryn Manheim |
Clay Steakley |
Mark Adam |
Robert C. Treveiler |
Jennifer Rae Westley |
John Boyd West |
Randy McDowell |
Eric William Pierson |
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James Steven Sadwith |
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This biopic television miniseries features Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the King of Rock-n-roll, the story traces all his life from the very boyhood in 1950's Memphis to the pinnacles of his worldwide glory and the depths of isolation and drug addiction of his life's end.
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